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Al Carns

Labour Birmingham Selly Oak

Voting record

8
Voted for
0
Voted against
1
Didn’t vote

Based on 9 recorded Commons divisions at Second or Third Reading of bills tracked by Hear, Hear — not a full voting record. “Didn’t vote” means Parliament has no vote recorded for them in that division (absent, abstained, paired, or excused). See the All votes tab below for every division.

See Al Carns’s full voting record on Parliament’s site →

Whip meter Estimate 89%

How often Al Carns voted the same way as most of the Labour party, across every recorded division. Parliament doesn’t publish whether a vote was officially whipped, so this is our best estimate from the public record — not a confirmed fact.

Recent votes
Representation of the People Bill — voted Aye at 3rd reading
Immigration and Asylum Bill — voted Aye at 2nd reading
Railways Bill — voted Aye at 3rd reading
Courts and Tribunals Bill — voted Aye at 2nd reading
Railways Bill — voted Aye at 2nd reading
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill — voted Aye at 2nd reading
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill — voted Aye at 3rd reading
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill — voted Aye at 3rd reading

Government & opposition roles

Al Carns doesn’t currently hold a government or shadow front-bench post, but has in the past. See Government for who else currently holds one.

Previously held
Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Ministry of Defence) (Minister for the Armed Forces) — Ministry of Defence (2025-09-06 to 2026-06-11) Government
Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Ministry of Defence) (Minister for Veterans and People) — Ministry of Defence (2024-07-09 to 2025-09-06) Government

Declared financial interests

From Parliament’s Register of Members’ Financial Interests — Parliament’s official register for Al Carns →. Topic tags below are our own automated, best-effort keyword match, not Parliament’s classification.

2. (b) Any other support not included in Category 2(a)

Name of donor: Elizabeth Jennings
Address of donor: private
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: £20,000 financial contribution towards activities undertaken in support of my parliamentary and public responsibilities
Date received: 9 June 2026
Date accepted: 9 June 2026
Donor status: individual
(Registered 11 June 2026)

Name of donor: Colin Campbell
Address of donor: private
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: £20,000 financial contribution towards activities undertaken in support of my parliamentary and public responsibilities
Date received: 19 June 2026
Date accepted: 19 June 2026
Donor status: individual
(Registered 22 June 2026)

Name of donor: Colin Campbell
Address of donor: private
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: £20,000 financial contribution towards activities undertaken in support of my parliamentary and public responsibilities
Date received: 19 June 2026
Date accepted: 19 June 2026
Donor status: individual
(Registered 1 July 2026)

Name of donor: Ashen Capital Ltd
Address of donor: 167-169 Great Portland Street, 5th Floor, London W1W 5PF
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: £7,500 financial contribution towards activities undertaken in support of my parliamentary and public responsibilities.
Date received: 16 July 2026
Date accepted: 16 July 2026
Donor status: company, registration 15804124
(Registered 3 August 2026)

3. Gifts, benefits and hospitality from UK sources

Name of donor: The Earl of March - Goodwood Innovation Summit
Address of donor: private
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: Two days attendance at the Goodwood Innovation Summit, including meals and two nights overnight accommodation (value estimated), value £1,000
Date received: 3 September 2026 to 5 September 2026
Date accepted: 4 September 2026
Donor status: individual
(Registered 11 September 2026)

4. Visits outside the UK

Name of donor: Team Forces Funding Ltd
Address of donor: Lime Cottage, Tisbury Row, Salisbury SP3 6RZ
Estimate of the probable value (or amount of any donation): One return economy ticket from London to Kathmandu (£1,790.65), high altitude/cold weather expedition and summit equipment (£1,351.53), mountain operations and support, safety components, evacuation insurance and logistics (£44,300), value £47,442.18
Destination of visit: Nepal (Mount Everest)
Dates of visit: 16 May 2025 to 23 May 2025
Purpose of visit: As part of a team of four UK veterans, I undertook a record breaking, speed ascent of Mount Everest in under a week. Their purpose was to unify the military community, raise awareness of the overwhelmingly positive contribution of veterans, and to raise critical funds for veterans’ charities, especially those which support the veterans ‘families whose loved ones have made the ultimate sacrifice.
(Registered 29 January 2026)

Defence & foreign affairsTransport
6. Land and property portfolio with a value over £100,000 and where indicated, the portfolio provides a rental income of over £10,000 a year

Type of land/property: Residential property (Flat)
Number of properties: 1
Location: Aberdeen
(Registered 1 August 2024; updated 26 February 2026)

Written questions to government

No written questions on file for Al Carns yet — this only covers what Hear, Hear has fetched so far (see Written questions), not necessarily every question Al Carns has ever tabled.

Business costs (IPSA)

£217,870.95 paid out to or for Al Carns across 296 claims — combining every financial year on file, not just the current one — covering office costs, accommodation, travel, and bought-in/temporary staffing. This does not include Al Carns’s permanent staff’s salaries — typically the biggest single share of an MP’s real costs — which IPSA only publishes once a year, after the year closes, as one aggregate figure, never as individual claims. Some categories (especially travel) are reported by IPSA as one whole-year total rather than itemised by date — marked “Aggregated” below. See MP expenses to filter this to a single year.

By category
Staffing — £139,531.98 (50 claims)
Office Costs — £43,122.81 (199 claims)
Accommodation — £30,709.80 (39 claims)
MP Travel — £2,577.30 (4 claims)
Staff Travel — £1,929.06 (4 claims)
Most recent claims
Insurance - buildings — £90.00, 2026-04-01 — Buildings Insurance
Postage & couriers — £82.70, 2026-03-30 — Free Post Returns for MP Survey 30 Mar 2026
Equipment - purchase — £107.87, 2026-03-30 — Computer, laptop, PC, tablet & accessories
Equipment - hire — £600.00, 2026-03-30 — Printer, photocopier & scanner
Bought-in services — £2,000.00, 2026-03-26 — Comms & Media
Landline phone & internet - rental & usage — £88.90, 2026-03-19 — Landline & internet package
Advertising and contact cards — £452.00, 2026-03-19 — JUPITER ASSOCIATES LTD [200013613-5859]
Bought-in services — £2,000.00, 2026-03-18 — Comms & Media

Every claim on file for Al Carns →

Early Day Motions

No Early Day Motions on file as tabled by Al Carns — this only covers motions tabled within Hear, Hear’s current tracking window (see Early Day Motions), not necessarily Al Carns’s full record.

All-Party Parliamentary Groups

Al Carns isn’t listed as an officer of any All-Party Parliamentary Group on file — true of most MPs. See APPGs for the full register.

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